British PM suffers fresh Brexit defeat

British MPs voted Wednesday to force Prime Minister Theresa May to quickly set out an alternative plan for Brexit if she loses a crucial vote on her EU withdrawal deal next week, in a second parliamentary defeat in 24 hours.

 

Guatemala shuts down UN anti-corruption probe

Guatemala brushed aside protests from the United Nations and pressed ahead Tuesday with shutting down a UN anti-corruption mission in the Central American country after it began investigating President Jimmy Morales.

How prepared are Asian youth for the future?

Asian countries are spending more on their human capital, according to World Bank Human Capital Index which measures the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age of 18, given the risks to poor health and poor education that prevail in the country where the child lives

 

South Africa pushes UN to postpone DR Congo meeting

The UN Security Council has postponed a key meeting on the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, at South Africa’s request, after an announcement on the results was delayed, diplomats said.

Sympathies sent to Russia after building collapse

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee President Nguyễn Phú Trọng has offered sympathies to Russian President Vladimir Putin for the heavy losses in an apartment block collapse in the city of Magnitogorsk.

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